Field is set for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

We now know the nine men’s teams and the nine women’s teams that will be participating at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa from December 2-10. This past weekend at the pre-trials in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, two men’s teams and two women’s teams qualified to fill out the draw.

The men’s teams were John Morris’s team from British Columbia and Brendan Bottcher’s team from Edmonton, Alberta. On Sunday, Morris beat Bottcher 4-3 to claim the first spot, and then Bottcher stormed back for a 9-5 win over four-time world champion Glenn Howard of Midland, Ontario 9-5.

On the women’s side, Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ontario was the first curling team that qualified for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials this past weekend after she defeated Briane Meilleur of Winnipeg, Manitoba 7-5 on Saturday. Meilleur’s team then struggled on Sunday, as they lost 8-3 to Julie Tippin of Woodstock, Ontario in the women’s B final.